pigboat

[ pig-boht ]

noun

, Older Slang.

1. a submarine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pigboat¹

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; pig ¹ + boat

Example Sentences

As chief of the Navy's submarine doctors, Captain Alvis had one answer known to any man who ever underwent pigboat training: all submariners are volunteers, and not every volunteer becomes a submariner.

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Ed Richardson runs into just about every heart-stopping jam that a Medal-of-Honor-winning pigboat skipper can get into and out of in the battle against Japan.

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Twice it screens exciting action: once when the sub slugs it out with a disguised German raider; again, when the pigboat sneaks into an enemy base harbor and blows the place to hell.

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The Borie found another huge pigboat on the surface.

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Retired Navy Captain Charles N. G. Hendrix, an old "pigboat" skipper who is now a professor of oceanography at the U.S.

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